Review: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Short North Stage's Garden Theatre
Short North Stage’s production of SWEENEY TODD is a three-course meal of brilliant performances, lavish staging, and pitch-perfect musical direction.…
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Review: DEATH BECOMES HER at Ohio Theatre
DEATH BECOMES HER, which runs Oct. 7 through Oct. 11 at the Ohio Theatre, is the rare production that not only captures the magic of the 1992 original film, but expands on the characters Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis created. Its cast is amazing, the script is as funny (or in some scene…
Review: CAAMP at Schottenstein Center
“Cheers, Columbus. I don’t have to give an elaborate speech about how we got here. Most of you know how we got here. You are the reason how we got here.' Taylor Meier…
Review: PIPPIN at Short North Stage
What did our critic think of PIPPIN at Short North Stage? Production director Edward Carignan said PIPPIN is a “legacy” show – a performance that can be pulled out of the vault, dusted off, and re-released every five years or so. SNS last did this Stephen Schwartz musical (a personal favorite …
Review: AC/DC POWER UP TOUR at Ohio Stadium
Perhaps the biggest change was the audience. In the 1980s, AC/DC was the rebellious band parents warned their children about. Now, the band is the spectacle parents bring their children to experience. It was a little unnerving to hear a mother asking, “Timmy, would you like a cookie?” before the…
Review: MONET TO MATISSE: DEFYING TRADITION at Art Gallery Of South Australia
An experience that may possibly require more than one visit.…
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Ohio Theatre - A Spectacle in Search of a Soul
Based on Sara Gruen’s beloved 1932 novel - and its 2011 film adaptation, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is a technical triumph wrapped around a dramatically uneven musical. Directed by Tony Award nominee Jessica Stone (Kimberly Akimbo), with book by three-time Tony nominee Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, Peter an…
Review: FLANNEL: A 90S MUSICAL at Shadowbox Live!
What did our critic think of FLANNEL: A 90S MUSICAL at Shadowbox Live!?…
Review: 1776 at Abbey Theater Of Dublin
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Review: HADESTOWN at Ohio Theatre
HADESTOWN will always have a special place in the heart of Ohio Theatre patrons. On Nov. 16, 2021, the musical was the first production in the historic theatre after the COVID epidemic dimmed the lights there for nearly a year and a half. The theatre staff laid roses on every seat to signal Broadw…
Past Shows
14 total · showing 1–10
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
When Benjamin Barker returns to London under the alias Sweeney Todd, he's met with an old friend and a business proposition that's too delicious to deny. Sweeney and his partner-in-crime Mrs. Lovett embark on a journey driven by obsession, love, and vengeance in this macabre...
Little Shop of Horrors
A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon "Audrey II" grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for...
Assassins
Step right up and take your shot at eternal fame! That’s the premise of Stephen Sondheim’s glitteringly dark and brilliant ode to that cadre of desperate lost souls—Presidential assassins. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, Squeaky Fromme and John Hinkley, Sondheim’s...
Hair
The tribe of Aquarius takes to the Garden stage fifty years after this revolutionary musical stormed Broadway, bringing the counter-culture values of the Viet Nam War protest era to a mass audience. More than just a musical, Hair was a social and cultural phenomenon—a joyous...
The Performers
What happens in Vegas when two high-school friends—and the women in their lives—reconnect at the Adult Film Awards? This farce with an X-Rated vocabulary focuses on Lee, a tabloid journalist, who attends the awards to interview his old friend Mandrew, now an adult film star...
Christmas in Columbus: Return of the Elf
Welcome the Holidays again with our seasonal extravaganza, Christmas in Columbus. This year’s tale features Gideon the Elf returning to the city to save it from the clutches of his evil cousin Simeon. All ends well in this joyful spectacle that will brighten December with...
Dreamgirls
This electric megawatt of a Broadway musical inspired the hit 2006 movie starring Beyonce. Based loosely on the Supremes, it follows a fictional 1960s girl group, The Dreamettes, on their roller coaster journey to the top of the record charts. Filled with belting, high-energy...
The Glass Menagerie
This towering classic, set in the Great Depression, catapulted Tennessee Williams to fame. Told by a prodigal son haunted by memories of his domineering mother, a faded Southern Belle, and his invalid sister, whose fragile world is defined by her collection of glass animals...
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Angels in America--Millenium Approaches (Part One) Jun 1–Jul 2 Angels-In-America-851x315.jpg Part One of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer-Prize and Tony-Award-winning exploration of how the AIDS crisis impacted fictional characters in the 1980s. Millenium Approaches introduces the...
Angels in America: Perestroika
Part Two of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer-Prize and Tony-Award-winning exploration of the AIDS crisis continues the journey of a group of interconnected individuals confronting the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.Perestroika steers the characters introduced in Millennium Approaches from...
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Dinner Detective Columbus Embassy Suites Columbus (11/14-11/14) |
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast Ohio Theatre (1/30-2/07) |
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Into The Woods Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall (4/15-4/24) |
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Wicked Ohio Theatre (7/28-8/15) |
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Dinner Detective Columbus Embassy Suites Columbus (12/12-12/12) |
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Dinner Detective Columbus Embassy Suites Columbus (12/05-12/05) |
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Holiday Hoopla Shadowbox Live (11/19-12/26) |
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Speak of the Devil: Shadows and Sounds of Ozzy and Black Sabbath Shadowbox Live (9/10-11/15) |
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The Launch: A Senior Cabaret Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall (12/06-12/06) |
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Dinner Detective Columbus Embassy Suites Columbus (11/21-11/21) |
